* George Holroyd, 2nd Earl of Sheffield, 2nd Baron Sheffield ( 1802 – 1876 )

** Fredrick Henry Stuart Holroyd, Viscount Pevensey ( 1827 – 1829 )

* Henry Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield, 3rd Baron Sheffield ( 1832 – 1909 )

* George Holroyd, 2nd Earl of Sheffield, 2nd Baron Sheffield ( 1802 – 1876 )

* Henry Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield, 3rd Baron Sheffield ( 1832 – 1909 )

* 2003 – 2008 Sir Michael Holroyd

* Steve Holroyd – engineer

They were founded in Saddleworth, West Riding of Yorkshire, in September 1966 by John Lees, Les Holroyd, Stuart " Woolly " Wolstenholme ( 1947 – 2010 ), and Mel Pritchard ( 1948 – 2004 ).

# Michael Holroyd CBE – 1986 – 1987

Born Holroyd Anthony Ray-Jones, he was the youngest son of Raymond Ray-Jones ( 1886 – 1942 ), a painter and etcher who died when his son was only eight months old, and Effie Irene Pearce, who would work as a physiotherapist.

* Lady Harriett Lascelles ( c. 1802 – 1889 ), married George Holroyd, 2nd Earl of Sheffield and had issue.

* Bino Espinoza, Dana Chapelle, David Luke, Steve Holroyd, Steve Krause, Ron Dasilva – assistant engineers

Sir Charles Holroyd ( 9 April 1861 – 17 November 1917 ) was an English artist and curator.

Henry North Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield ( 18 January 1832 – 21 April 1909 ), styled Viscount Pevensey until 1876, was an English Conservative politician and patron of cricket.

His grandfather was Isaac Holroyd ( 1643 – 1706 ), a merchant who emigrated to Ireland after the Restoration.

* Steve Holroyd – engineering

Merrylands was named after the former English home of Arthur Todd Holroyd ( 1806 – 1887 ), who acquired land in this area in 1855.

Arthur Charles Legge ( 25 June 1800 – 18 May 1890 ), married first on 1 June 1827 Lady Anne Holroyd ( d. 1829 ), daughter of John Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield, second on 29 August 1837 Caroline Bouwens and had issue.

*" Portrait of a portrait painter ": an essay by Michael Holroyd about having his portrait painted from TLS, 1 April 2009

* Holroyd Court ( former grounds of " Fernacre " from circa 1867, demolished and subdivided 1936 )

* The Best of Hugh Kingsmill: Selections from his Writings ( 1970 ) edited by Michael Holroyd

According to Steve Holroyd, in a professional career spanning twenty-five years, “ Gonsalves was also the consummate gentleman on the pitch: legend has it he was never cautioned or ejected from any match for rough play or ungentlemanly conduct .”

Pinnaroo ( Paton St ) and Yarrabee ( Merrylands Rd ) can be hired for the day from Holroyd Council for a fee.

The local government area takes its name from Arthur Holroyd, first Mayor of the area, local landowner and businessman.

Also included in the Angry Young Men was a small group of young existentialist philosophers led by Colin Wilson and also including Stuart Holroyd and Bill Hopkins.

The first Holroyd lease was issued to Marie Stuart Perkins in 1945.

The Holroyd land was subject solely to a claim by the Wik people.

The strip was mostly drawn by Dudley D. Watkins until his death in 1969, though Leo Baxendale and Albert Holroyd occasionally filled in for Watkins.

The 4th Baron Sheffield was the grandson of Lady Maria Josepha Holroyd, daughter of the 1st Earl of Sheffield.

Holroyd was born in London and educated at Eton College, though he has often claimed Maidenhead Public Library as his alma mater.

He was a Holroyd Musical Scholar, and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists in 1907.

The renovated Holroyd Science Center was completed in Fall 2009.

He was a well-known solicitor and barrister in Wellington, first with the firm Messrs Holroyd and Hart, then for many years as the principal member of the firm Messrs Hart and Buckley.

Stanley was the son of John Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley, and Lady Maria Josepha, daughter of John Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield.

Charles Holroyd was born in Leeds.

Born in Marylebone, London, Sheffield was the second but eldest surviving son of George Holroyd, 2nd Earl of Sheffield, and his wife Lady Harriet, daughter of Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood.

According to Fred Holroyd, Captain Robert Nairac, acting under SAS orders, was involved in the killing of John Francis Green in the Republic of Ireland and in the Miami Showband killings.

Then Assistant Commissioner of the Gardaí, Edmund (' Ned ') Garvey was said by Fred Holroyd to have met him and an RUC Officer at Garda headquarters in 1975.

In 1796, the estate was sold to John Holroyd, created Baron Sheffield in 1781.

14 Intelligence was accused of acting in collusion with loyalist paramilitaries by former intelligence personnel Fred Holroyd and Colin Wallace in regards to the death of senior Provisional Irish Republican Army member John Francis Green, the Miami Showband killings and the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings.

The inauguration was presided over by Holroyd Smith, the inventor of the system, and Alderman Harwood, the Mayor of Manchester.

Originally known as the Municipality of Prospect and Sherwood it was incorporated in February 1872, in 1927 it was renamed the Municipality of Holroyd after Arthur Holroyd, the first mayor.